Labor should let hope prevail on refugees, shadow minister Andrew Giles says

Exclusive: the shadow minister for multicultural affairs is convinced public sentiment on asylum seekers has shifted

Public sentiment on asylum seekers has shifted, and Labor must use the looming parliamentary term to "give Australia's hopeful side a fair chance to prevail over the politics of fear, and division" according to the shadow minister for multicultural affairs, Andrew Giles.

Giles will use a speech to Australian Fabians on Wednesday to argue the recent community debate around the medical evacuations bill, and the tone of the federal election, suggests Australians are over the toxic politics of border protection, and are fatigued by the "false binaries and unnecessary aggression" from the home affairs minister, Peter Dutton.